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Commercial, corporate and M&A

Stankovic & Partners stands out for its âcompetence and business flairâ. Recent highlights include assisting Sutherland Global with establishing its Serbian operations and handling the division of Montinvest into three limited liability companies. Practice head Nenad Stankovic is âthe ultimate team leaderâ.

Competition

Stankovic & Partners is defending a Serbian producer before the Bosnian competition authorities against a claim brought by a Bosnian distributor regarding an alleged abuse of dominant position via a refusal to supply. Ljiljana Urzikic Stankovic and of counsel Milos Androvic are the key contacts.

Intellectual property

Stankovic & Partnersâ âwell-informedâ team acts for clients including the Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia, Novartis and Apex Solution Technology. Nenad Stankovic is âcompetent, confident and very observantâ.

Real estate and construction

Stankovic & Partners advised Savana on the â¬24m purchase of a hotel and shopping mall in Podgorica from a Montenegrin company. The team also assisted UniCredit Turn-Around Management with acquiring and developing a distressed multimillion-euro property in Belgrade. Nenad Stankovic is the main partner.

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The speakers will be Jennifer Barnard, Special FBI Agent, who will speak of FCPA investigations in the region and practical aspects of cooperation between U.S. Department of Justice and local authorities, Roger Burlingame, attorney at law and partner at Kobre &amp; Kim Law Office< , London, and Nenad Stankovic, attorney at law and senior partner at Law Office Stankovic and Partners, Belgrade.

On March 1, 2017, the amendments to the ICC Rules entered into force. Among different changes, maybe the most noticeable ones relate to the introduction of the Expedited Procedure Rules (hereinafter: the Rules), now contained in the new Article 30 of the ICC Rules and the new Appendix VI.

The Regulation on Terms and Conditions for Attracting Direct Investments (âOfficial Gazette of the Republic of Serbiaâ, no. 110/2016) has come into force on 1 January 2017. The Regulation introduces certain changes in regards to public invitation, grounds and conditions for the allocation of funds in respect of the investment projects.

The Law on Amendments to the Law on Value Added Tax (hereinafter: Law on VAT), the Law on Amendments to the Law on Tax Procedure and Tax Administration (hereinafter: Law on Tax Procedure), and the Law on amendments to the Law on Excise Duties (hereinafter: Law on Excise Duties) were published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia no. 108/2016 of 29 December 2016. All laws came into force on 1 January 2017, however, certain provisions will begin to apply at a later date, as outlined below, for every law individually.

The Regulation on Terms and Conditions for Attracting Direct Investments (âOfficial Gazette of the Republic of Serbiaâ, no. 110/2016) has come into force on 1 January 2017. The Regulation introduces certain changes in regards to public invitation, grounds and conditions for the allocation of funds in respect of the investment projects.

One of the biggest and most popular Internet companies, LinkedIn, has become the first target of the recent Russian data localization law. The legislation requires businesses operating online to keep Russian Internet usersâ data on servers located within Russia.

The Criminal Code ( Official Gazette of RS, no. 85/2005, 72/2009, 111/2009, 121/2012, 104/2013, 108/2014 and 94/2016; Code was amended on 23 November 2016. Most of the new provisions of the Code will enter into force as of 1 June 2017.Â

The speakers will be Jennifer Barnard, Special FBI Agent, who will speak of FCPA investigations in the region and practical aspects of cooperation between U.S. Department of Justice and local authorities, Roger Burlingame, attorney at law and partner at Kobre &amp; Kim Law Office< , London, and Nenad Stankovic, attorney at law and senior partner at Law Office Stankovic and Partners, Belgrade.

The New Merger Control Regulation, governing the content and the manner of submitting merger filings to the Serbian Competition Commission, entered into force today, 2 February 2016. The new Regulation represents a modern legal document, fully aligned with the relevant EU acquis, and willÂ significantly facilitate the merger filing process to the benefit of the applicants, as well as the overall efficiency of the Competition Commission.